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Movement in Geography - Coggle Diagram
Movement in Geography
Globalization and Trade
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What is trade?: We trade goods, services, and money.
Why do we trade?: Trading is basically to get more things. Some countries are scarce of some materials. Bananas aren't all grown here, we need to trade with other countries to receive fruit like bananas because our weather or climate isn't great to plant and farm bananas. Lots of countries also rely on trading and selling things to other countries.
Who are our main trading partners?: China, France, Canada, and Mexico. Trading terms: Import and export. 
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Fair Trade: an arrangement designed to producers in developing countries to achieve sustainable trading rights with other countries
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CONS of trade: There's lots of domestic job loss along with loss of economic dependence. Trading also causes exploitation of people and resources like poor working conditions and environmental degradation. There has also been an increase in
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CONS of trading: An example of trading having a bad effect on the world is the Bab El Madeb strait. This is on of the most important trading posts for the Middle East. Pre Covid-19 there's usually about 6.2 million barrels of oil coming in per day. Since the start of 2020 there has been a large increase of piracy and bombing. Houthi rebels have been attacking near the strait placing bobs under the water to explode ships. The security of the strait is very fragile at the moment and traders can only come in during the day.
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Migration
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Arab Spring: the Arab spring was several anti government protests that spread across the middle east since 2010.
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Urbanization
Infrastructure: the basic physical and organizational structure of a society. Such as water, sewage systems, roads, and hospitals. Urban Planner: To plan out the city to have enough infrastructure for people.
Favela's are a great example of poor infrastructure. Favelas are a low income neighborhood found in Brazil, these neighborhoods have experienced government neglect and are facing the effects of it now. A lot of gangs and drug dealing has been a major effect from the poor government help.
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Gentrification: the process of renovating or fixing a house or district so it becomes more of a middle class area
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Urban area: centers of economic, political, and cultural changes. Urban areas are a magnet for migration causing the cities to grow rapidly
Rural areas: centers away from urban areas with lack of economy, healthcare, and education systems. Rural areas tend to have less of a population because of the lack of basic needs like education.
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Suburban areas: a suburban area is a center of residential area that is close to or near an urban area. Suburban areas attract a lot of people because it's close to the city allowing people to have jobs and education but still live away from the craziness of a city.
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Mega Cities: a city with a population more than 10 million
like New York City, Mexico City.
Primate Cities: a city whose population is at least twice the population of the second largest city in the country like London, Mexico city, and Paris.
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